It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Dr. Strange With Gary Bainbridge

Dr. Strange (CBS, 1978) - Gary Bainbridge joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Stephen Strange's little-acknowledged stint as Office Lothario Supreme in It's Good, Except It Sucks - a movie by movie - and television series by television series - hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time we’re heading into the Multiverse for a look at Dr. Strange, first seen in 1978, and joining Tim for a chat about Stephen Strange’s rarely acknowledged stint as Office Lothario Supreme is writer Gary Bainbridge. What will they find to say about Bobby Ball’s mastery of the mystic arts, Jessica Walter’s Post Office Queue Face Acting and why Andrew Collins was such a big fan of Marvel’s Three Men Sitting On A Bucket, and what does any of this have to do with who would ‘win’ out of a pipe with some glowing eyes stuck on it and Stouffer? Get listening and find out!

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Further Listening

You can find Gary on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Dr. Strange‘s close associates The Amazing Spider-Man here, The Incredible Hulk here and Captain America here, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe iterations of The Incredible Hulk here and Daredevil here as well as Captain America: Brave New World here.

John Rain joined me for a chat about Doctor Strange’s Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Doctor Strange here and Elly-Mae Gadsby gave us her thoughts on Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness here, and there’s more about Stephen Strange’s further escapades with Martin Ruddock on Avengers: Infinity War here and here and What If…? here, Joanne Sheppard on Avengers: Infinity War here and Avengers: Endgame here, Al Kennedy on What If…? here, Ben Baker on Avengers: Endgame here and Gabby Hutchinson Crouch on Spider-Man: No Way Home here. Joanne Sheppard took another look at Spider-Man: No Way Home here while Miriam Kent wrestled with Morgan Le Fay’s all too prominent appearance in Runaways here.

Gary has also appeared on Tim’s nostalgia podcast Looks Unfamiliar talking about Coast To Coast, Deadly Boring, Supersonic Man, Audisee’s The War Of The Worlds, Limp-Along Leslie, That Look In Your Eye by Ali Campbell featuring Pamela Starks, Ace Reports Annual 1981 and Unbranded Soluble Cola Tablets here and Googi The Liverpool Duck, Big Bubbles, No Troubles by Ellis Beggs And Howard, Derry Daring, Bugs Bunny In Space, The London Connection, Cliff Richard’s dance record as ‘Black Knight’, DJ Spuddles Original Gourmet Fries, The Shinsei Miracle and Shut Yer Gob by Lee Brennan here.